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Hi! I'm Anas 👋

Founder & CEO at Vora

Previously at: PwC, Siemens, QCRI, HMC, E-Butler

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My Education

Qatar University

B.Sc. in Computer Science with Honors

GPA: 3.84/4.0

4x Vice President's List — 5x Dean's List

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My Experience

June 2026 – Aug. 2026

PwC

Emerging Technology Lab | etlabs.me

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  • Rapid-prototyped AI and software solutions for PwC Middle East clients and internal teams, turning emerging technologies into functional products and live pilots.
  • Built Biometric Intelligence, a platform that turns overnight wearable data from the Google Fitbit into a daily readiness score, catching employee fatigue and early illness before they surface as errors, absence or burnout; deployed live at PwC Middle East.
  • Built GlassBox, an AI assurance platform that writes its own adversarial attacks against any AI system, runs them live, and prints a regulator-ready compliance passport mapped to the EU AI Act.
The PwC Emerging Technology Lab team in Doha

June 2025 – July 2025

SIEMENS

Smart Infrastructure - Grid Software Dept.

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  • Spearheaded end-to-end pilot deployment of Siemens MindConnect software across Msheireb Properties sites; coordinated field engineers; integrated AMI data streams (MQTT/Modbus/BACnet).
  • Delivered client-branded Power BI dashboards with embedded AI predictive models to automate energy forecasting, temperature-impact analysis, and renewable-utilization insights for Kahramaa leadership.
  • Authored technical/commercial documentation, including an EWA Bahrain proposal and a comprehensive Business Requirements Document.
Individual professional photo
Presenting at Siemens
Working with Building Management System
Siemens team photo

Jan. 2025 – Feb. 2026

Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)

Research Assistant

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  • Named co-author on three submitted papers under Dr. Bernard J. Jansen; led dataset prep, statistical analysis, and figure/table creation.
  • Conducting multi-modal EEG-based user studies, managing data acquisition, EEG device calibration (EMOTIV EPOC X), and real-time data collection, enhancing the reliability of emotional and cognitive response analysis.

Mar. 2025 – May 2025

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

Machine Learning Intern

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  • Developed and optimized a convolutional neural network (CNN) model achieving 90% accuracy in classifying melanoma images using deep learning and computer vision with Python and Keras.
  • Conducted systematic hyperparameter tuning and data augmentation strategies, improving model generalization and performance on medical imaging datasets.

July 2024 – Aug. 2024

E-Butler

Software Developer Intern

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  • Developed and optimized middleware for the DFC virtual mall platform, improving performance, scalability, and secure transaction handling.
  • Enhanced system architecture to boost transaction efficiency by 30%; designed automated, dynamic email templates, streamlining 1,000+ personalized customer communications.

May 2024 – July 2024

Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)

Artificial Intelligence Research Intern

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  • With Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), built a Python algorithm using eye-tracking data to support diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
  • Created an Autism Risk Index (ARI) and developed an AI-powered desktop app (React.js + Flask), projected to assist 330+ patients; tool set for deployment across 4 healthcare centers in Qatar.

Leadership & Activities

May 2025 – Present

Vora

Founder & CEO

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  • Founded a Qatar-built IoT and AI startup developing smart hardware and software that reduces air-conditioning energy consumption by up to 40% and predicts AC failures before they occur.
  • Built early traction and secured QAR 40,000 in funding and institutional support, including backing from Qatar's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and incubation at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP).
Bathra Award Slides
Al-Fikra Award
Vora pitch presentation
Vora podium presentation
Huawei Award

May 2024 – Mar. 2026

ACM Student Chapter

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PresidentFeb. 2025 – Mar. 2026
Vice-PresidentMay 2024 – Feb. 2025
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  • Co-founded ACM Student Chapter as one of 10 selected students; grew community from 0 to 400+ members and scaled the core team to 40 members through structured recruitment.
  • Organized industry panel with Google/Meta/Microsoft engineers at WISE 2024, and workshops on cybersecurity and robotics; coordinated biannual senior project showcase supporting 50+ engineering capstone teams.

In the News

Awards

MAY 2026

Al-Fikra Top-2 Prize Winner

Al-Fikra National Entrepreneurship Competition | Hult Prize Qatar

Al-Fikra National Entrepreneurship Competition | Hult Prize Qatar logo

Won 15,000 QAR for Vora as a Top-2 winner at Al-Fikra 2026, Qatar's national entrepreneurship competition for higher-education startups, selected from a cohort of 620 applicants across 220 teams representing around 20 institutions; the recognition nominated Vora to advance through the Hult Prize Global Incubator pathway.

Al-Fikra Award
Al-Fikra Award Ceremony

FEB. 2026

Bathra Competition Winner

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Qatar

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Received a QAR 20,000 award from Qatar's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change for our startup Vora, as one of the winning innovations in the Bathra Competition. The recognition was presented by H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Subaie, Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Bathra Award Slides
Bathra Stage Presentation
Bathra Trophy

FEB. 2026

LifeLines 3rd Place Bronze Medalist

LifeLines Hackathon 2026 | Carnegie Mellon University

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Awarded a QAR 9,000 prize for "Thamara," an offline-first platform designed to help farmers recover and coordinate agricultural activity in areas with limited connectivity and damaged farmlands.

FEB. 2026

Huawei National Winner

Huawei ICT Competition 2025–2026 Innovation Track

Secured top honors nationally for Vora in Huawei's ICT Competition Innovation Track and advanced to the regional stage, where we placed 3rd among leading innovation teams in the Asian Region.

Huawei ICT Award

MAY 2025

QIP First Place Winner

Qatar Innovation Program

1st place among 500+ participants for startup Vora; selected to represent Qatar at the Arab IoT & AI Challenge during GITEX GLOBAL (Dubai).

Vora QIP Podium
Qatar Innovation Program Award

NOV. 2024

First Place Winner

Artificial Intelligence Association - QU

1st Place in the AI Crime Investigation Coding Competition at Qatar University's AI Week (sponsored by Vodafone); solved a complex missing-person case with advanced AI tools/libraries.

AI Crime Investigation Award

SEP. 2024 & SEP. 2025

2x ACPC Qualifier

ICPC Africa & Arab Collegiate Programming Championship

Qualified for ACPC after placing among top teams at QCPC (Competitive Programming Competition).

QCPC Award

Technical Skills

Data/ML

pandasNumPyMatplotlibSeabornPlotlyTensorFlow

Tools

GitFigmaVitePower BILaTeXPostmanWordPressD3.jsReportLabBeautiful SoupPillow